This is the first Olympics in 50 years where the move hasn't been illegal—and Malinin’s backflip has long been known as the “Bonaly flip.”

Ilia Malinin’s backflip has been openly embraced, but it was received differently decades ago when Surya Bonaly performed the move at the 1998 Games.

Dr. Boyd is the physician for Team USA at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. He's reprising a role he had at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, where he cared for the first NHL players to participate in the Winter Games including rugged forward Keith Tkachuk, the father of the Ottawa Senators captain and Florida Panthers forward.

"In 1998 the Winter Olympic Games returned to Japan after 26 years. Snowboarding and curling debuted as official disciplines…,” read the program for the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics. After the games concluded, the official report on Nagano referenced ...

Ilia Malinin comes from a family of Olympic legends

Unlike 28 years ago, Canada won this time, barely, 4-3 through Mitch Marner in overtime. It turns out that getting stoned by another impassable Czech goalie in a shootout at the Games was a little too on-the-nose, even for us.

US skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin has one last chance at a medal at these Winter Olympics and it’s in her strongest discipline: slalom. Follow CNN for live updates of Day 12 of the Games.

Megan Keller scored the golden goal in overtime to lift the USA past Canada for a 2-1 victory: "This is an incredible feeling.: